Convertible stock and dump car.



T. BBVINGTON.

CONVERTIBLE STOCK AND DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3, 1910.

, Patented Max:130, 1915.

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CONVERTIBLE STOCK AND DUMP GAR.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnoms Bnvnwmn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lincoln, in the county ,of Lancaster and 6 State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Im rovemcnts in Convertible Stock and Dump ,of which the followin is a specification, V

iiy invention relates -to freight-cars for 3.0 railroads, and has for" its object the revision of a car that may he converted om a single-floor stoclocar for hauling large such as'cattle and horses, to a doubledeck .car for hauling small stock, such as sheep and swine, and into a dinnp-car with side delivery inclined bottom.

M invention will be described .11]. detail heremafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 1s a side elevational -V16W of a car constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention Fig. 2 is a tpp plan view of the device as ustrated in Fig.

' 1; Fi & 3 is a transverse section. taken throu 'floor or deck therein included ad usts in such position as to permit the device to be employed as a dumpin car; Fig. 4 is an end elevational view 0 the device as dis 80 closed in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view in bottom kin of the floor or deck herein included;

Eig. 6 is an enlarged detail view, partly in. plan and partly in section, the means herein disclosed for operatln the Windlass; Fi 7 is an enlarged detai sectional view ta en transversely of the deck or floor as herein embodied and-Fig.8 is a view in perspective, detached, of one of the cross arms herein embodied.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout all of the views.

The car A is of the type known as stockcars, but instead of the doors 1 being in the middle of the sides, as is usually the construction, I. provide the doors ad acent to the oposite ends of the two sides, so that in loading the animals will be compelled to go only in one direction after enteringthe'car, and

the confusion in loading will be thus avoided.

Another improvement that I have pro vided in my car is the provision of a. movab'le floor or deck 2 that is secured to chains or cables 8 at its corners and run over pul- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed emb s, mo. Serial No. 585,042.

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leys or sheaves new corners of the car and secured to windlass-roller 4, journaled on the car-roof.

5 indicates a worm-wheel secured to windlass 4, and 6 another. worm-wheel (suitably 1ournaled and having a key-socket 7 therein to receive the stem of a suitable key 8 to tliecar for. the purpose of making a dump car of the car, as hereinafter described.

13 indicates a bar or beam-located conveniently to each shaft 9 to enga hooks l0 whenm position to support the eck 2.. When in the lowered position, shown in Fig. 3, deck 2 cooperates with the main floor of the car to form a double-deck car when small stock,-such as sheep and swine, are to be carried, but when large stock is to be shipped the deck 2 is raised to the top of the car out of the wav. I

Another feature of my improved car is that it is capable of use as a dump-car, and to this end deck 2 is supported by crossbeams 14 and 15, ivotall secured to ether in the middle of t e deck y means 0 a bar 16 running longitudinally of the deck. v i

. 17 indicates a-rod secured to cross-beams- 14. and having arms .18 pivotally secured thereto, and '19 a second rod disposed. in

parallelism with the rod 17 and secured to the free ends of arms 18. Gross-beams 15 are each formed with slotted openings 20, and.21 indicates plates secured to said crossbeams 15 through said slots 20 and p'rovided with notches 22, said plates 21 being spaced apart to permit movement of the rod 19 between the plates and beams said rod engaging the notches 22 when deck 2 is in the position shown in Fi s. 3 and 7 to hold the two sides of the dec in relatively inclined positions to form inclined ways when the deck is in use as the bottom of a dump car. When the deck is in the extended position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the

rod 19 is seated between the plates 21 and cross-beams 15,, and serve to prevent the deck sagging in the middle. when subjected" to a load of small live stock. Secured to the ends of rod 19 are cross-arms 23 and 25 that are secured tothe rod intermediate of their ends, and 26 indicates lugs or projections secured to the plates 21 on the cross-bea'ms15 at the two ends of the deck and positioned to-enga-ge one of the ends of V cross-arms 23 and-25.

24 indicates chains or other flexible members secured to the ends of the cross-arms 2 and 25, engaged by lugs 26.

When the deck 2 is in the angular -posi -tion shown. in Figs. 3 and 7, and it is desired to release it from said-angular position to permit it to assume a fiat position,

the operator pulls upwardly on the chains 24, so that the cross-arms 23 and 25 act as levers with lugs 26 as fulcrums to'lift the latch-rod 19 out of engagement with notches 22, and the weight of the middle of the deck causes it to assume a flat position when the ends 27 of the angular arms 28,"hereinafter referred to, .are' moved from engagementtherewith,

- In operation the deck 2 is in a flat extended position when in use as an upper floor of the-car, and 'when. raised to the roof out of the way when the car is used to house large live stock or for ordinary freight,-but

should it be desired to haul granularlmaterial, such as coal, gravel,- sand and the like, in bulk, the deck is lowered to the position shown'in Fig. 4, the hinged art of the deck being engaged by the en 27 of an angular arm 28, projecting from the lower end of thevertical shaft 29, fournaled. on each end of the car, .each shaft being.

' manipulated from, the roof of the car by means of a laterally extending arm 30.

--engular arms dpreventing sidewise movement of the de 32 indicates small doors along the two extend .whelisides ef thel-car, above the floor, andginged to their tops, as shown, that serve as 0 for thelgranular materiahthe i iiclihed-sides of the deck ,operatingias chutes to move the material outwardly. The doors'ar'e held in a closed position by means of shaft 33, journaled under-the lower edges of the doors, with arms34 extending later-i ally therefrom that engage the doors and hold them'closed.

' 36 indicates a vertical shaft at each end i of the car, operated by a hand-wheel 37, and

38 a chain secured to thevshaft 36 and to an arm 39 on the end of shaft 33- to rock said shafts 36 are rotated to unwind the chains;-

38 thereon, the weightof the material press; ing against the doors causing them to open}. 35 indicates a strip of leather,'canvas, ,or

other flexible material secured to-one side 1 j of the deck 2 and extending-over the hinged part to close the cracks between the two:

halves of the deck.

. so .37 indicates trap-doors in the roof of the,

car thatj'may be used to loadit when used for hauling the granular substances referred I p to or when the car is used for a stock-car f the tra ing an lation. A Having thus described Iclaimis l 1. In a car, a vertically, movable, deck comprising hingedly connected sections,

-doors may be employed for-feed :watering the stockand for ventie myinvention, what;-

means to-raise and lower said deck, means hold the deck with its sections inclined, and

' doors in the sides of the car to'dump its-.centents.

a .55"- 2. In a car, a vertically-movable deckcomprising hingedly connected sections, 1 means to raise and lower .said deck, -strips secured" to one of the sections of the'deck and having depressions therein, a rod em' gaging said strips and the depressions there: a

in,-a'rod'securedto the-other section,

connecting said rods, ,and doors in the sidesof the car to dump its contents.

In witness whereof, I liar hereunto 'mjhand in presence of two subscribing wit-: i

nesses. 4

THOMAS BEVINGTON. Witnesses: L. B. TAIT,

C. M. Hsamcx.

10'. shaft 33 into position, so that its arms 34 engage thedoors. In dumping the load the; 4 

